Tag: education
Provost warns students against inducing lecturers
Dr Okwudili Nwosu, Provost, Nsukka College of Education, Enugu State, has warned newly-admitted students against ‘sorting’ any lecturer either in…
Kebbi govt reiterate commitment to continued conducive learning environment
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi said on Friday that his administration would continue to create an environment that would be…
Education: Sanwo-Olu must perform to win Lagosians’ hearts – Stakeholders
Stakeholders in education in Lagos on Monday congratulated the state governor-elect, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and urged him to invest massively…
Nigerian youths need technology be job creators – Educationist
An educationist, Mrs Taofeek Sule, said on Saturday in Abuja that Nigerian youths would need adequate technological orientation to become…
NECO, NABTEB examinations: Kaduna govt. spends N380.7m on students
Kaduna State Government said on Monday that it expended N380.7 million on payments of National Examination Council (NECO) and National…
Education: IDPs welcome partnership with foundation
The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ohogua, Edo, on Monday, said that the plan to assist some of the IDPs…
Voided votes prevalence: NOA calls for education of rural electorate
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has called for more efforts on educating the electorates especially in the rural areas on…
My administration will make Education Nigeria’s new oil, gold – Ezekwesili
Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Presidential Candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), says she will make education as…
2019 Budget: Borno earmarks N24bn to education
The Borno Government has earmarked over N24 billion for education in the proposed 2019 budget.
Use your platforms for disseminating voter education and non-violent messages to citizens -INEC Chairman urges celebrities
The Chairman of Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has called on Nigerian celebrities to utilise their…
Donald Duke: I promise free tuition at all levels of education if elected president
The Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Donald Duke, promised free tuition in primary, secondary and tertiary educational…
Education, key to industrialization, development – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekend said that education is the key element to the nation's industrialization and development.
Budgetary allocation to education: Nigeria ranks 20th in the world
Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, a former Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), on Monday said that poor budgetary allocation…
Shakira visits native Colombia, urges investment in education
Pop Star Shakira asked her home country Colombia on Friday to pump more money into education to achieve peace and…
Education: Nigeria commends World Bank for $611m grant
The Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, has commended Word Bank for boosting the education sector with a grant of…
Education is key to reducing extreme poverty – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday said that quality education was key to reducing extreme poverty in the…
Katsina Govt. earmarks N19bn for education in 2019
Katsina State Government has earmarked N19 billion toward boosting education sector in the 2019 fiscal year, Alhaji Abdullahi Imam, the…
Centre bemoans education career stereotypes against girls
The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) on Monday called for the elimination of all education and career stereotypes against girls.
Education: Don praises FG over planned state of emergency in sector
A don, Dr. Anthony Kifordu has lauded the Federal Government over its plan to declare a state of emergency in…
‘State of Emergency’ in education will reduce students’ drop-out – NUNS
The leadership of National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS) has welcomed the directive by the National Economic Council (NEC) for…
Morocco triples Education allocation in 2019 budget
Morocco has tripled its budgetary allocation to the education sector in its 2019 appropriation from 700 million dirham to 2.1…
Education: NEC urges governors to declare ‘state of emergency’ in sector
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday urged the 36 State Governors to declare state of emergency in the nation’s…
Standard of Nigeria’s education not falling – Okebukola
Prof. Peter Okebukola, former, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), on Monday said that the standard of the nation’s education…
Ireland woos more Nigerians
No fewer than 500 young Nigerians are expected to be admitted into the different Irish educational institutions in the next…
2019: FG to invest more on health, education — Minister
LThe Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole has assured Nigerians that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would invest more on…
Nigeria losing out on literate, skilled workforce – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), says Nigeria is losing out on a literate and skilled workforce it needs to…
Nigerian Govt urged to review budgetary allocation to education
Unionists on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to give priority to education and review the education budget from 7.04 per…
Kaduna Assembly committed to reforming education sector – Speaker
The Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Aminu Shagali, said on Thursday that the lawmakers would support any action…
Education: Nasarawa employs 2,140 teachers
The Nasarawa State Government has employed 2,140 additional teachers to boost secondary education in the state.
Education: NUT gives 21-day ultimatum to Edo over poor funding
The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the State Government…